Last step before color

The layout is almost done, except for the numbers and winglet stripes. I stopped out today to drop off Velocity logo masks for the winglets and to pick out an additional color for the number back shadows. Davey, the painter, felt that black backshadows against black numbers wouldn't look right, so I went with a metallic graphite.

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The canard looks great.

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... so does the spinner. Way better than green.

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The control surfaces, gear doors and all the little parts like vortilons, sparrow strainers and the like are all painted. There are a lot of them.

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Well, here is the progress so far. I really like the paint scheme and am very anxious to see some color on the plane other than masking tape. I'm told that will be at the end of the week. We'll see.

We are leaving on April 16 for a trip to the Bahamas for a week. I want to get the plane back and fly it a lot before we go. I want it to be a flawless trip.

In April it will be 5 years since I got the kit.It will be almost a year to the day since the unfortunate accident postponed my paint job. Stay tuned for some colorful pictures of ....can it finally be... the final, finished Velocity of my dreams.

Shortly following that, look for more pictures with palm trees and Caribbean blue as a background as we take the family flying adventure vacation I've daydreamed about for the past 10 years. I've got my Customs sticker ready to put on, a new EAPIS account and a house on the beach rented. It won't seem real until I'm on final for Rock Sound Airport in Eleuthera!

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